TO THE ZURICH GROUP OF BOLSHEVIKS

Written:Written on April 2 or 3, 1917Published:First published in 1930 inLenin Miscellany XIII.

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DearFriends,

Iattach the decision of our Party’s Central
Committee[1](the Karpinskys, after taking 2 copies, mustimmediatelyreturn this decision to me).Immediatelytake a copy (for
yourselves) and send it to the Karpinskysexpressby thefirst
train (take it to the station), enclosing also this letter of mine.

InformLausanne
(Goberman)[2]specially.

Iwill add for myself that I consider the Mensheviks who
have wrecked the common enterprisescoundrelsof the
first water who are “afraid” of what “public opinion”,i.e., the social-patriots, will
say![3]I am going (and
Zinoviev)in any case.

Findout exactly (1) who is going and (2) how much
money they have.

Writeabout this at once to Radomyslsky, Neufeldstr.
27. Bern.

Wealreadyhave a fund of over 1,000 francs for the
journey. We are thinking of fixing Wednesday, April 4, as the
day of departure.

Allshouldimmediatelytake passports from the Russian
Consul at their place of residence.

Regards,Yours,Lenin

Sendcopies at once to Abram and his wife.

P.S.I enclose the 100 francs which you asked Grigory to
lend you.

[1]OnMarch 31, 1917, the Central Committee Collegium Abroad
adopted a decision on the immediate return of the émigrés to
Russia via Germany (see present edition, Vol. 23, pp. 365–66).

[2]M.Goberman—Social-Democrat, Bolshevik, member of the
Bolshevik group in Lausanne.Abram(mentioned below)—A. Skovno—
Bolshevik, member of the Bolshevik group in Switzerland. Both
returned to Russia with Lenin.

[3]Areference to the resolution of the internationalist Mensheviks
and S.R.s, aimed against the decision of the C.C. Collegium Abroad
to accept R. Grimm’s proposal to travel immediately to Russia
via Germany. The Mensheviks and the S.R.s wanted to wait for
permission from the Soviet of Workers’ Deputies.